National Security under the Obama Administration

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-29744-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 247 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

There is more continuity than discontinuity in US national security policy under President Obama, despite widespread expectations for change and misperceptions of fundamental changes having been wrought. This project brings together US and non-US experts to assess continuities and changes in US national security policy in the Obama era.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rajaee, B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: B.M.Rajaee  & M.J.Miller PART I: US NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES Obama's Grand Strategy: Agenda and Constraints; S.Kaufman   The Somalia Syndrome and US National Security: From Bush to Obama; R.Patman  & A.Reitzig   American Defense Policy after the Cold War: A Rational Construction or a Consequence of an Extensive Lobby?; J.Cortinhas   Obama's Intelligence Policy: Meeting New Challenges; C.Lepri   PART II: WORLD REGIONS Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and Russia Policy; G.Flikke   PLA Military Modernization and Sino-Russian Cooperation; H.Lien US Foreign Policy toward Bangladesh: Implications of the Rise of Islamist Terrorism; S.Khan   Continuity or Change in U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: A South African Perspective; G.Ramuhala   Cooperation and Discord in South America in the Twenty-First Century: The Consequences of the Colombia-United States Military Agreement of 2009; F.S.Cabarcas   PART III: POLICY ISSUES American Foreign Policy and the Continuing Struggle against Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World; M.Khan  & S.J.Chehab   Formulating War Aims in a Protracted War Environment: Lessons for US National Security Policy; G.Frechero   Transition to the Endgame: The Challenge of US Policy toward Afghanistan; D.Green

Über Autor(innen)

BAHRAM M. RAJAEE Director, Contracts, Grants & Partnerships, Institute for Global Studies, University of Delaware, USA.                    
MARK MILLER Emma Smith Morris Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, USA.